Subject of Owning the Future: Lindiwe Mazibuko and the Changing Face of the DA – a 2013 biography (unauthorised) by Donwald Pressley.

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Harvard Institute of Politics

Fall 2015 Fellow

HOW TO BUILD A DEMOCRACY: LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

A study group led by IOP FELLOW, Lindiwe Mazibuko.

We live in an age in which democracy – save for a few notable exceptions – has been largely accepted as the most legitimate form of government; a time when elections of some description regularly take place in the vast majority (68.9%, according to The Economist) of countries around the world. In the modern world, even the most despotic leaders recognize the popular vote as a legitimizing mandate for government - which is why some endeavor to rig elections in their favor.

This study group will explore some of the complex negotiations and processes behind the foundation of democracies in post-conflict states. Our primary focus will be South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994, followed by the institution-building process and present-day efforts to entrench democratic principles there.

TEDxEuston is a TED-like event locally organised by a team of African professionals inspired to engage positively with our community and devoted to leveraging the power of African ideas to change the world. TEDxEuston.com

The 2012 Women’s Forum takes up questions about fundamentals in a program on Wanted: 360° growth. To build the future with women’s vision, the agenda incorporates some of the most innovative and talented women thinkers and doers in business, the media, civil society and academe. Womens-Forum.com.

05 JAN. 2016: NOW WE CAN SEE HOW PREDICTABLE "NENEGATE" WAS

08 DEC. 2015: YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS MUST SEIZE THE MOMENT

24 NOV. 2015: WORDS REPEATED TOO OFTEN CAN LOSE THEIR STING

10 NOV. 2015: SA HUBRIS AND THE TRUTH OF HOW WE ARE VIEWED

26 OCT. 2015: STUDENT PROTESTS EXPOSE FATAL POLITICAL DIVIDE

Owning the Future: Lindiwe Mazibuko and the Changing Face of the DA

Donwald Pressly

An unauthorised biography of Lindiwe Mazibuko, the first black person to lead the parliamentary opposition in South Africa: a crucial overview of the Democratic Alliance ahead of the 2014 general elections and a tale of the remarkable campaign led by a young team of MPs to replace a member of the old guard. Chapters include: Who is Lindiwe Mazibuko? "Cheeky Blacks". What does the profile of Mazibuko and how Julius Malema denigrated her - say about being young, black and powerful in South Africa today? "Dirty Laundry" For the first time in Opposition history, the intrigues surrounding an internal party election spilled over into local media "Let's talk money" Unpacking the DA's economic policies and how Mazibuko supports these.